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Post by lolli on Jan 23, 2016 9:57:08 GMT
Thank you to everyone who made this happen. A huge success.
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Post by mjtn on Jan 23, 2016 13:51:27 GMT
Thank you for your hard work and onto a bigger and better forum.
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Post by dan on Jan 23, 2016 14:03:01 GMT
Sorry if this is a really simple thing... Is there a setting I need to change to make sure when I click on a thread that it takes me to the last reply I've read? At the moment it goes to page one each time for each thread. Thanks.
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Post by Deal J on Jan 23, 2016 15:25:48 GMT
Hello! Thanks to everyone involved in setting up the new forum.
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 23, 2016 18:46:27 GMT
Sorry if this is a really simple thing... Is there a setting I need to change to make sure when I click on a thread that it takes me to the last reply I've read? At the moment it goes to page one each time for each thread. Thanks. There's a "New" label marking threads that have new posts since your last visit. Clicking on that label takes you to the first new post.
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Post by dan on Jan 23, 2016 20:30:01 GMT
Sorry if this is a really simple thing... Is there a setting I need to change to make sure when I click on a thread that it takes me to the last reply I've read? At the moment it goes to page one each time for each thread. Thanks. There's a "New" label marking threads that have new posts since your last visit. Clicking on that label takes you to the first new post. That's great. Thank you for that. But if I want to look at a thread from where I left off and there aren't any new posts since I last looked...? Thanks again.
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Post by Honoured Guest on Jan 23, 2016 20:38:58 GMT
If you mean that you read only a part of a thread on your last visit, and didn't read to the end of the thread at that time, there is no function to remind you where you got to!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 10:36:38 GMT
a big thankyou to all you wonderful people out there in the dark who set up this new forum.
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Jan 24, 2016 20:53:34 GMT
Need help. I cannot log in to the site on the desktop version on my Mac. Every time I enter my username & password it takes me back to the main page & im still logged in as a guest. As I cannot log in I cannot post using the desktop version.
I'm using a Mac & Safari as my browser.
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 24, 2016 21:16:51 GMT
Just an update to let people know what's going on.
The original plan was that a few people would trickle over to this forum to try things out and then we'd have a formal launch announcement on Monday prior to spreading the word around the old forum and bringing everyone over. However, most people have already relocated on their own, and that renders any announcement to kick off that process rather pointless. The other purpose of the announcement was to say "go forth and spread the word" so people could start promoting the site, but we'd like to wait a while for that. At the moment a logo and forum identity is under development and we'd like to hold off promoting the new forum until that is tested and ready to go public, even though we're already more public than we've been for the past year.
There'll be a proper announcement fairly soon.
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Post by Michael on Jan 24, 2016 21:33:45 GMT
Need help. I cannot log in to the site on the desktop version on my Mac. Every time I enter my username & password it takes me back to the main page & im still logged in as a guest. As I cannot log in I cannot post using the desktop version. I'm using a Mac & Safari as my browser. Are you trying to log in to www.theatreboard.co.uk? If so, try theatreboard.proboards.com instead.
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:05:39 GMT
Need help. I cannot log in to the site on the desktop version on my Mac. Every time I enter my username & password it takes me back to the main page & im still logged in as a guest. As I cannot log in I cannot post using the desktop version. I'm using a Mac & Safari as my browser. Are you trying to log in to www.theatreboard.co.uk? If so, try theatreboard.proboards.com instead. Thats really interesting. I was using www.theatreboard.co.uk, and you are totally correct if i use theatreboard.proboards.com it works. Why on earth does it make a difference? I have to use www.theatreboard.co.uk on the mobile version as it displays better. Looks like ill need to use the other for my desktop.
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:09:26 GMT
Just an update to let people know what's going on. The original plan was that a few people would trickle over to this forum to try things out and then we'd have a formal launch announcement on Monday prior to spreading the word around the old forum and bringing everyone over. However, most people have already relocated on their own, and that renders any announcement to kick off that process rather pointless. The other purpose of the announcement was to say "go forth and spread the word" so people could start promoting the site, but we'd like to wait a while for that. At the moment a logo and forum identity is under development and we'd like to hold off promoting the new forum until that is tested and ready to go public, even though we're already more public than we've been for the past year. There'll be a proper announcement fairly soon. Hi Matthew. The main reason everyone is over here is that every time people do post over at the old place, we are advised to move over. We could of had a much more gradual move over, but in a way its better we are hear and finding out the issues before we launch properly and become a bigger site. What I would say is are you looking at new forum options, such as regional, international and opera?
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Post by TheatreDust on Jan 24, 2016 22:20:05 GMT
What I would say is are you looking at new forum options, such as regional, international and opera? We've had a discussion about this between the mods and felt that, for the moment, the best option was to keep the structure close to the existing forum to make it feel familiar for users moving across. Personally, I'm not that keen at the moment on new 'regional'/'international' sections because I think we are then classifying in two different ways 'what' (plays, musicals etc) and 'where' (regional, international vs anything else). I would be in favour of an opera section because it extends the categories of 'what'. Matthew has also pointed out that when there was a regional section over the other side, it rarely got used, so was withdrawn. As the forum grows in popularity it will be important to develop the structure accordingly. We will obviously keep all of this under review as things settle down and there's now a new place to discuss the forum structure, make requests, report faults etc.
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:24:50 GMT
What I would say is are you looking at new forum options, such as regional, international and opera? We've had a discussion about this between the mods and felt that, for the moment, the best option was to keep the structure close to the existing forum to make it feel familiar for users moving across. Personally, I'm not that keen at the moment on new 'regional'/'international' sections because I think we are then classifying in two different ways 'what' (plays, musicals etc) and 'where' (regional, international vs anything else). I would be in favour of an opera section because it extends the categories of 'what'. Matthew has also pointed out that when there was a regional section over the other side, it rarely got used, so was withdrawn. As the forum grows in popularity it will be important to develop the structure accordingly. We will obviously keep all of this under review as things settle down and there's now a new place to discuss the forum structure, make requests, report faults etc. An opera site is definitely worth whilst. What I would say is an international page would (a unclutter the plays and musicals section and (b make it clear we are not just a UK theatre site making a more diverse experience. We are well over 90% uk and we should be trying to attract users of other sites such as Broadwayworld. I don't agree that we should be like the old site or even trying to copy it. We are setting up a home for ourselves. These sections have been asked for multiple times, therefore should be properly considered. I had hoped our new moderation team would of tried to look at how we could improve ourselves and not simply aimed to be a clone of the old site. After all we are not the whats on stage forum anymore and waiting until we attract new users in some ways is too late. Marketing this site should be done that we an inclusive board. At the moment I would say we are heavily West End orientated with very little regional or international discussion. Its a shame we haven't tried to adapt to new markets. It would of been nice if this discussion could of been held publicly, with a discussion between the community. Especially as it is just that, a community.
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Post by TheatreDust on Jan 24, 2016 22:29:38 GMT
We definitely want to improve and develop things. We shouldn't and won't be a clone of the old site - but there are some things that are familiar from there because they worked and people were used to them. We are starting with those core ideas because it felt sensible; no doubt though that we build and grow from here on in. The idea behind the feedback section on here is exactly so that those sorts of things can be discussed among the community. I think it gives people a good way to suggest things that they'd like to see and others to comment on the ideas.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2016 22:29:59 GMT
*would have I'm happier with boards being separated by genre rather than location; as a primarily London theatre-goer, it wouldn't occur to me to go into, say, a Bristol board, and I'm not entirely sure a Bristol board would get used that much, but if an interesting-sounding play gets discussed in the Plays board then I might decide to make a trip to Bristol to see it. It puts the discussions right where people are automatically going to look and could get some brilliant discussion going, much better than squirrelling them away into a board where only three people are going to regularly look and run out of things to say very quickly. Also it saves confusion when something goes on tour - "do we talk about it in Guildford? Oh get a grip we already discussed this one in Leicester. Why have you started a thread in Newcastle when we've already started one in Birmingham? Etc etc".
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 24, 2016 22:34:55 GMT
Shall I start going round with a plate of nibbles for everyone?
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:35:58 GMT
Thats the point though Baemax, you are just that a London theatre goer. I live in Edinburgh and there is so little chat about any of the regional theatre I see or travel to see. We are West End centric which means we aren't a truly inclusive board. A regional section will encourage more chat about shows not staged in London.
We could also use plays/musicals and then subcategories them into West End, Fringe, Regional or international. Its important the board grows and attract new users. I would be very disappointed if we didn't at least try and attract Opera users by creating an Opera category.
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Post by mrbarnaby on Jan 24, 2016 22:40:34 GMT
There is theatre outside of London?
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:45:04 GMT
There is theatre outside of London? Unfortunately there is. Tried to have it shut down but those Northerners rebelled.
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Post by mickeyjotheatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:45:50 GMT
Would it not be easy enough to just have a general 'regional' section? There's no point having region specific boards because they wouldn't be used enough and most regional theatre is touring productions which tour, so.
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Post by Scots UK Theatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:46:58 GMT
Would it not be easy enough to just have a general 'regional' section? There's no point having region specific boards because they wouldn't be used enough and most regional theatre is touring productions which tour, so. Regional productions are not tours. Tours are tours and regional productions are just that local regional productions. And thats exactly what I originally wanted. Separate regional & international boards. Matthew's point about them not being used enough on old site is a mute one. This isn't the old site and shows lack of ambition of attracting new users. As I've said before lets be the theatre site for everyone.
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Post by mickeyjotheatre on Jan 24, 2016 22:55:36 GMT
Regional productions are not tours. Tours are tours and regional productions are just that local regional productions. And thats exactly what I originally wanted. Separate regional & international boards. Matthew's point about them not being used enough on old site is a mute one. This isn't the old site and shows lack of ambition of attracting new users. As I've said before lets be the theatre site for everyone. I understand the difference between regional theatre and tours, when I said regional theatre I was referring to the theatre in the regions. If you're in Bath, Bristol, Edinburgh, Dublin, Sheffield, Chichester etc. then there's a wealth of regional theatre produced, but if you're from the middle of the south coast, you're getting touring productions. This is why I agreed with you and suggested a general 'regional' board rather than specific areas as some were suggesting, so I agreed with you, no?
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Post by lynette on Jan 25, 2016 0:28:29 GMT
There is theatre outside of London? Unfortunately there is. Tried to have it shut down but those Northerners rebelled. Radio, give us a chance. Some of us have to fire up the Zimmer frame before we range round the new Board. We will be up in Edinburgh for sure and we expect a warm Scottish welcome from you. I like mine with a splash of water.
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Post by The Matthew on Jan 25, 2016 5:41:36 GMT
Would it not be easy enough to just have a general 'regional' section? There's no point having region specific boards because they wouldn't be used enough and most regional theatre is touring productions which tour, so. Regional productions are not tours. Tours are tours and regional productions are just that local regional productions. And thats exactly what I originally wanted. Separate regional & international boards. Matthew's point about them not being used enough on old site is a mute one. This isn't the old site and shows lack of ambition of attracting new users. As I've said before lets be the theatre site for everyone. There are two reasons why I think a Regional section is a bad idea: 1) It's been tried before and it failed. Your argument that this is a new site is moot, because it implies that the people who used WhatsOnStage are in some way a different type of person than those who will use this site. The factors that caused the failure of the old Regional section are still in play. 2) There's nothing about titles like "Plays" and "Musicals" that says "West End only", and having a separate section called "Regional" carries the implication that regional theatre is of secondary importance. It's not having a "Regional" section that sends the message "this is for everyone". The reason why we're echoing the structure of the old site isn't lack of ambition. It's because the structure of the old site is one that had been found to work.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 25, 2016 10:08:19 GMT
Just to add, the Feedback section (within Forum at the bottom of the main page) Is for members to make suggestions. Support for a suggestion can be shown by using the "like" button but regardless of that all suggestions will be discussed. After the official launch we don't want to be frequently changing the layout "in flight" as that becomes annoying for visitors who generally like to know where things are, however we may have more occasional updates where the ideas with most support all get implemented together.
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Post by djp on Jan 25, 2016 17:24:04 GMT
Many thanks to all for setting up the new site. Have we dropped the www.theatreboard.co.uk/ address - as its currently unreachable on IE and chrome on my PC. theatreboard.proboards.com/ seems to be working fine - thats how I am typing this. Is it a change, or a blip - or something my end - like BT's DNS ?
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 25, 2016 17:34:11 GMT
Many thanks to all for setting up the new site. Have we dropped the www.theatreboard.co.uk/ address - as its currently unreachable on IE and chrome on my PC. theatreboard.proboards.com/ seems to be working fine - thats how I am typing this. Is it a change, or a blip - or something my end - like BT's DNS ? Blip. We are looking into it. It doesn't affect all users, oddly. Thanks for flagging djp.
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Post by stevep on Jan 25, 2016 20:25:03 GMT
Hi. Am I missing something? Every time I return to this board it takes me to the beginning of each thread
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